Experience

ROVOP

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Remote Operated Vehicle Pilot/Technician

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Pilot/Technician, employed on different jobs in different circumstances and locations, on both platforms and vessels as part of a small team operating and maintaining the company's fleet of Remote Operated Vehicle systems including Saab Sea Eye, SubAtlantic, Schilling HD and Triton XLX. Carrying out system mobilisations and demobilisations at the start and at the completion of the assigned task when required on both vessels and platform locations world wide, including Diver Support, Drill support and Subsea inspection tasks, flying the Remote Operated Vehicle to depths in excess of 200 metres. Show less



AKVA group

• Norway
• Maritime Transportation
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Service Engineer

  • Mar 2017 - Oct 2018

  Servicing installing and repairing computer controlled automatic feed systems, remote computer network controlled underwater monitoring systems and other aquaculture equipment around Scotland for AKVA Group Scotland clients such as Marine Harvest, Cook Aqua Culture and Scottish Sea Farms. Enabling these clients to farm Salmon and other fish sustainably and help to ensure the farms are run profitably. Servicing installing and repairing computer controlled automatic feed systems, remote computer network controlled underwater monitoring systems and other aquaculture equipment around Scotland for AKVA Group Scotland clients such as Marine Harvest, Cook Aqua Culture and Scottish Sea Farms. Enabling these clients to farm Salmon and other fish sustainably and help to ensure the farms are run profitably.



Dunbia Group

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Lead Maintenance Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

  Responsible for the 'day to day' supervision of the small team within the facility carrying out reactive and proactive maintenance on a wide range of electrical / electronic controlled hydraulic and pneumatic equipment such as platforms, conveyor belts, pulley systems and hoists. Including general maintenance such as installing switches changing light fittings and other operational tasks as they occurred. Also responsible for mentoring and supervising the mechanical apprentice on a daily basis. Unfortunately due to factors out of the local managements control, an extensive part of the factory containing the packaging and distribution part of the facility closed with and the position Lead Maintenance Engineer was deemed no longer viable. Show less



Fugro

• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Remote Operated Vehicle Pilot Technician

  • Mar 2014 - Feb 2016

  Working as a member of a small team involved with the installation, operating and carrying out fault rectification on Remote Operated Vehicle Systems including the Sea Eye electronic observation / light work class range of systems and the FCV hydraulic work class Remote Operated Vehicle system. In this role I also carried out the mobilisation and demobilisation these systems on third party and Fugro vessels world wide. Unfortunately due to the 'down turn' in the oil industry being experienced at this time I was one of the 255 members of staff made redundant. Show less



Forum Energy Technologies

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Remote Operated Vehicle Systems Support Technican

  • Jun 2010 - Mar 2014

  Responsible for all aspects of servicing fault finding, mobilisation, Factory Acceptance Testing and providing training to clients on the companies product range of electronic Remote Operated Vehicle systems in house and at client premises world wide, including equipment such as Tether Management Systems , Surface Control Units, Power Distribution Units and all other associated fitted equipment including electronic vehicle components and hydraulic units to individual component level, fitted equipment such as electronic pods, (circuit boards to component level), valve packs, thruster's and hydraulic power units. Providing written defect reports and costings to clients of Forum Energy Technologies, (SubAtlantic) While at Forum Energy Technologies, (SubAtlantic), I was involved with the 'Tomohawk' , a completely new Remote Operated Vehicle system including the Tether Management System, this was manufactured in partnership with a third party Italian offshore operating company, this included project managing to a degree as the assigned System Support Technician ensuring the system components were available from the suppliers and assembled within the allocated 'time frame'. In this task I also carried out subsequent testing and liaising with the engineering manager to 'refine' the ROV operating parameters, carrying out modifications to the system as required and providing regular updates, both verbal and written to the third party representatives and the SubAtlantic general manager. At the end of the project this culminated with the Factory Acceptance Testing, (F.A.T), and 'hand over' to the offshore operating company. Show less



Royal Air Force (RAF)

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Technician Electronics & Communication Information Systems Technician

  • Oct 1986 - Apr 2010

  Maintenance and fault rectification on a large number of complex ground based electrical / electronic communication and navigational systems, both in the UK and world wide, including RADAR, transmitters, receivers, satellite communications and computer hardware and networks. Eventually responsible for the mentoring and supervision of the team of technicians employed to carry out these tasks on a daily basis, ensuring that all tasks were completed in a timely fashion, ensuring operational efficiency was maintained and necessary actions were completed to satisfactory conclusions. Show less